Slideshow: More Photos from EMP’s ‘Nirvana’ Exhibit
Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic makes an appearance.
Posted by: Laura Dannen on Apr 19, 2011 at 04:00PM
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All photos by Lucas Anderson.
They Might Be Giants An early photo of Nirvana flashes on screen at the EMP preview party for Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses.
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Preview party of the new Nirvana exhibit. Guests included Krist Novoselic, Dow Constantine, Kurt Bloch of Young Fresh Fellows and Fastbacks, record producer Steve Fisk, local photographer Charles Peterson, and Mark Pickerel of Screaming Trees and Truly.
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Kurt Cobain played this guitar—a Mosrite Gospel, one of his favorites—at the OK Hotel in Seattle on April 17, 1991, when Nirvana first performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” live.
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Inside Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses, now housed in the former Northwest Passage at EMP.
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The interactive exhibit includes 100 oral histories about Nirvana, plus songs by punk, grunge, and rock bands from the ’80s and ’90s.
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A map of Nirvana’s influence on Northwest music.
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Reliving Nirvana’s live shows on a (really) big screen in the EMP Sky Church.
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King County Exec. Dow Constantine’s first Nirvana experience? Driving his parents Buick Skyhawk through the U-District, listening to the band in the car.
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“My stepmom lived next door to the Cobains in the ‘60s and ’70s, and in the early days of the band, she’d ask, How are the Cobainies?” Krist Novoselic said. “Kurt Cobain…here’s a man who would never clean his kitchen or take out the garbage, but he was not a lazy person. He was a compelled artist who excelled in any form.”
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Plugged in at the new Nirvana exhibit.
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Center: Remnants of the Univox Hi-Flyer, the first guitar Kurt Cobain ever smashed in a show, at an Evergreen State College dorm party in 1988. Far left: Original Sub Pop artwork.
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The Nirvana exhibit also includes a brief history of punk and underground music.
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A boy tries to teach his friend to play the opening lick of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in the EMP Rec Room.
We enjoyed a preview tour of the new Nirvana exhibit at EMP last week, but you didn’t think we’d skip out on the preview party, did you? Photographer Lucas Anderson was at the EMP festivities on Friday night—view the slideshow for scenes from the evening, including close-ups of the exhibit (more guitars! In Utero angels!) and Krist Novoselic addressing his people.
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses is on display at Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum through April 22, 2013.
Tags: Seattle Center, Museums, Local Music, Experience Music Project, Nirvana
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